Quality Assurance Specialist
Eurofins

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organization services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralized and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

Job Description

• Participate in all aspects of Quality Assurance to ensure regulatory activities are performed in compliance with both internal procedures and external cGXP/ISO requirements.
• Maintain the internal auditing program to ensure the established techniques are followed and understood.
• Participate in the planning, preparation, and hosting of customer and regulatory audits; respond to audit reports and implement resolution of audit findings.
• Maintain the Management Review process.
• Maintain the laboratory proficiency testing program.
• Collect, track, and analyze quality metrics (OOS, deviations, complaints, etc.) and train
• laboratory personnel, as needed to help reduce quality events.
• Monitor laboratory compliance with respect to lab cleanliness, training records, and other ISO/GMP-related items, as needed to help minimize laboratory errors and audit findings.
• Support quality event investigations to completion using formal root cause analysis tools.
• Support periodic summaries of audit outcomes and risk statements that identify whether there are uncontrolled risks within the QMS.
• Maintain the list of approved suppliers and subcontractors.
• Audits various reports prior to issuance (e.g. analysis reports, method validation reports, research and development reports (as needed), special project reports, etc.).
• Serve as a site contact for all quality inquiries on analytical reports and related documentation.
• Audit methods, work instructions, deviations, investigations, corrective actions, preventative actions, risk assessments, and instrument qualification/calibration paperwork.
• Maintain site-specific procedures including the Quality Manual, Standard Operating Procedures, and other site-specific Quality Assurance documents.
• Create, revise, review, and approve newly written documents and document revisions.
• Work with Operations Management to maintain the training program and ensure that laboratory personnel performing tests have completed all necessary training requirements.
• Trains laboratory personnel in GXP/ISO procedures, practices, and guidelines.
• Exist as a backup for all other Quality Assurance personnel.

Qualifications

Education:

• A bachelor's degree or higher in chemistry, biological science, or life sciences field

Experience:

• Laboratory quality assurance experience.
• Must have experience working in a GMP facility.
• ISO 17025:2017 accredited lab experience preferred.
• Moderate understanding of microbiology and/or chemistry-related terms.
• Moderate understanding of USP/EP/JP standards and guidelines.
• Experience with testing of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and/or medical device products.

Additional Information

Positions are full-time, working (Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm),overtime as needed. Candidates currentlyliving within commutable distance to North Brunswick Township, NJare encouraged to apply.

Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options

• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.

Your data

As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

Closing Date

We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Eurofins is aM/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

Eurofins is aM/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

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